Britons will vote in the closest general election for a generation, but they could wait days for a new government as politicians battle to take power.
British schoolteacher David Bolam has been released by his Libyan captors, allegedly after a ransom was paid.
The US and Russia have stepped up diplomatic efforts to defuse the Ukraine crisis amid heightened tensions in Crimea.
For the handful of policewomen in one of Afghanistan’s most volatile provinces, danger and disapproval are all in a day’s work.
Female Afghan boxers hoping to make it to the London 2012 Olympics are practising their jabs in a gym where the Taliban publicly executed women.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday urged China to work closely with the G20 and introduce greater political freedoms.
UK opposition parties are under growing pressure to agree to a power-sharing deal, days after an election left the country politically deadlocked.
As Europe’s airspace reopened and passengers boarded flights home, the airline industry pressed for government compensation to cover its losses.
Swarms of stranded passengers scrambled on Wednesday to hitch a flight home after Europe’s air embargo ended.
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/ 30 December 2009
Margaret Thatcher banned her envoy from meeting Robert Mugabe in 1979, refusing to talk ”with terrorists until they become prime ministers”.